# 物質
## Chinese
### Etymology

Attestable since at least the Tang dynasty. Popularized from Japanese 物質(ぶっしつ) (busshitsu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wùzhì, wùzhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄓˋ, ㄨˋ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mat$^6$ zat$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vu̍t-chṳt
* Eastern Min (BUC): ŭk-cék
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-chit
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$veq-tseq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wùzhì → wùzhi (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄓˋ → ㄨˋ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wùjhi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$-chih$^5$
*** Yale: wù-jr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuh.jyh
*** Palladius: учжи (učži)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /u⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wùzhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wùjhíh
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^4$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: wù-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhjyr
*** Palladius: учжи (učži)
*** Sinological IPA : /u⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$物質 / 物质 誤植 / 误植
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mat$^6$ zat$^1$
*** Yale: maht jāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mat$^9$ dzat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: med$^6$ zed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐt̚² t͡sɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu̍t-chṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: vud ziid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vud$^6$ zid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /vut̚⁵ t͡sɨt̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭk-cék
*** Sinological IPA : /uʔ⁵⁻²¹ t͡sɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-chit
*** Tâi-lô: bu̍t-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: budcid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² t͡sit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$veq-tseq
*** MiniDict: veh$^入$ tseh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$veq-tseq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ¹¹ t͡səʔ²³/

### Noun

物質
* matter; material; substance
    放射性物質／放射性物质 ― fàngshèxìng wùzhì ― radioactive material
    物質戒斷／物质戒断 ― wùzhì jièduàn ― substance withdrawal
       Dúwùzhì hánliàng chāoguò zhèngcháng xǔkězhí shù bèi. [Pinyin]
       The content of toxins in the substance exceeds twice the allowed quantity.
* means of subsistence; livelihood; wealth

#### Synonyms

* (matter): 質／质 (zhì)

### Adjective

物質
* (colloquial) materialistic
       Nǐ yě tài wùzhì le ba. [Pinyin]
       You're too materialistic.

### Derived terms

* 化學物質 / 化学物质 (huàxué wùzhì)
* 反物質 / 反物质 (fǎnwùzhì)
* 可孕物質 / 可孕物质
* 引發物質 / 引发物质
* 控制物質 / 控制物质 (kòngzhì wùzhì)
* 日冕物質拋射 / 日冕物质抛射 (rìmiǎn wùzhì pāoshè)
* 星際物質 / 星际物质
* 暗物質 / 暗物质 (ànwùzhì)
* 物質三態 / 物质三态
* 物質不滅律 / 物质不灭律
* 物質主義 / 物质主义 (wùzhìzhǔyì)
* 物質女 / 物质女 (wùzhìnǚ)
* 物質建設 / 物质建设
* 物質文明 / 物质文明 (wùzhì wénmíng)
* 物質條件 / 物质条件 (wùzhì tiáojiàn)
* 物質波 / 物质波
* 物質狀態 / 物质状态 (wùzhì zhuàngtài)
* 物質生活 / 物质生活 (wùzhì shēnghuó)
* 物質的量 / 物质的量 (wùzhì de liàng)
* 礦物質 / 矿物质 (kuàngwùzhì)
* 神經傳導物質 / 神经传导物质 (shénjīng chuándǎo wùzhì)
* 純物質 / 纯物质
* 致癌物質 / 致癌物质 (zhì'ái wùzhì)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 物質(ぶっしつ) (busshitsu)
* → Korean: 물질(物質) (muljil)
* → Vietnamese: vật chất (物質)

### Related terms

* 事情 (shìqing)
* 事物 (shìwù)
* 事務／事务 (shìwù)
* 物體／物体 (wùtǐ)
* 現象／现象 (xiànxiàng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 物 | 質 |
| ぶつ > ぶっ Grade: 3 | しつ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶっしつ [bùsshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [bɯ̟ɕːi̥t͡sɨ]

### Noun

物(ぶっ)質(しつ) • (busshitsu)
* material, substance

#### Derived terms

* 制癌物質(せいがんぶっしつ) (seiganbusshitsu)
* 発癌物質(はつがんぶっしつ) (hatsuganbusshitsu): carcinogen
* 反物質(はんぶっしつ) (hanbusshitsu): antimatter
* 物質界(ぶっしつかい) (busshitsukai): the material world
* 物質主義(ぶっしつしゅぎ) (busshitsushugi): materialism
* 放射性物質(ほうしゃせいぶっしつ) (hōshaseibusshitsu): radioactive substance

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
   * 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 物 | 質 |

### Noun

物質 • (muljil) (hangeul 물질)
* hanja form of 물질 (“a substance”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 物 | 質 |

### Noun

物質
* chữ Hán form of vật chất (“matter”).